Amberg

Yesterday, we went on a day trip to Amberg (not Bamberb, but Amberg :-)) It s a really cute walled city, a little over an hour from here. It is a city of only about 40,000 people, but it has oodles of character and seemed like a really neat little place. Of course it helped by the fact that it was sunny out (a constant in the summer, but a rarity in the winter). The weather seems to make everything good! Everyone seemed to like this town - always a plus! It reminded me a lot of Bamberg - a really nice day :-)

Amberg!

Outside the walled city was a nice park area.

Heading into the city...

This was hilarious. It is Fasching (Mardis Gras) around here, and this is what we saw when we turned the corner. The "policeman" even yelled on his loud speaker for me to hold my pocketbook extra tight :-)

So quaint!

This reminded me a little of Venice...

We had to take a minute to check out this old place. I love old places like this. The only problem is, that because they are so old, they are probably on a historical order to renovate / keep things in a certain way.... translation = 10 times the cost of a normal renovation...

Outside the city wall again...

This is called the "Stadtbrille" - translation = City Glasses. If you look at the reflection in the water, you can see they circular shape of an old pair of spectacles :-)

lots of cute bridges

and of course, lots of beautiful churches...